Quran 33:72 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth, and the mountains, yet they refused to undertake it and were afraid of it; mankind undertook it- they have always been inept and foolish.
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا
innā ʿaraḍnā l-amānata ʿalā l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-jibāli fa-abayna an yaḥmil'nahā wa-ashfaqna min'hā waḥamalahā l-insānu innahu kāna ẓalūman jahūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to carry it and were afraid of it; and man carried it. Surely he is sinful, very foolish.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, We did offer the trust [of reason and volition] to the heavens, and the earth, and the mountains: but they refused to bear it because they were afraid of it. Yet man took it up - for, verily, he has always been prone to be most wicked, most foolish.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | عَرَضْنَاʿaraḍnā | [We] offered | عرض |
| 3 | ٱلْأَمَانَةَl-amānata | the Trust | أمن |
| 4 | عَلَىʿalā | to | — |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 7 | وَٱلْجِبَالِwal-jibāli | and the mountains | جبل |
| 8 | فَأَبَيْنَfa-abayna | but they refused | أبي |
| 9 | أَنan | to | — |
| 10 | يَحْمِلْنَهَاyaḥmil'nahā | bear it | حمل |
| 11 | وَأَشْفَقْنَwa-ashfaqna | and they feared | شفق |
| 12 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 13 | وَحَمَلَهَاwaḥamalahā | but bore it | حمل |
| 14 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ ۖl-insānu | the man | أنس |
| 15 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 16 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 17 | ظَلُومًۭاẓalūman | unjust | ظلم |
| 18 | جَهُولًۭاjahūlan | ignorant | جهل |